A personal assistants typical duties include:acting as a first point of contact for callers, dealing with emails and phone calls by responding, passing on messages or highlighting them for their managers attentionmanaging diaries and organising meetings and appointments, often controlling access to the manager/executivebooking and arranging travel, transport and accommodationorganising events and conferencesreminding the manager/executive of important tasks and deadlinestyping, compiling and preparing reports, presentations and correspondencemanaging databases and filing systemsimplementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systemsliaising with staff, suppliers and clientscollating and filing expensesmiscellaneous tasks to support their manager, which will vary according to the sector and to the managers remit, eg completing some corporate governance reporting (to ensure that the business is being run properly and complying with legislation and regulations) or conducting research.PAs can also work for wealthy families or individuals. If this is the case, the work of the PA may also extend to maintaining the home or personal life of their boss, such as ensuring MOTs are up to date or hiring cleaners. Whether you work for an organisation or an individual, you may need to work irregular hours from time to time to support your manager.The job title for this kind of role, and its seniority, will vary according to the employer. In some organisations, the job titles personal assistant and executive assistant are interchangeable. In others, an executive assistant is more senior than a personal assistant and will take on more responsibility, such as some corporate governance or team organisation work. In some organisations, a PA role is an entry-level job; in others, it requires a great deal of experience and is paid accordingly. Depending on the employer, too, a personal assistant role may be combined with that of an administrator or it may be